Li Mou, a modern Taoist temple janitor, wakes up one day and thinks: Oh no! I’ve become a nobody in another world!
People here fight with muscles and blood qi? They make fireballs by praying to the gods with magic? Li Mou looks at his empty pockets: I’m screwed. From the start, it’s hell mode!
“Ding! The Preaching Reward System has been activated!”
Take disciples and teach them the Taoist scriptures? Then I can cultivate immortality? The stronger my disciples get, the stronger I become?
Li Mou: ??? This is actually a thing?! Ancestor, I’m bringing your incense to this other world!
And so...
While everyone else worships the God of War to build their muscles, he pulls out a copy of the Tao Te Ching. “My friend, you’re full of murderous energy. How about reading a passage to calm your mind?” (The next second, the ferocious beast runs off with its tail between its legs!)
While mages spend ages chanting to make fireballs, he casually draws a strange-looking talisman. “Golden light, appear at once! Protect my true form!” (Boom! A temple knight’s great axe goes flying!)
While temple priests cry, “May the gods bless you,” he turns around and teaches his old disciple to meditate. “Refine essence into qi. My fate is mine to command, not Heaven’s!” (The good-for-nothing old man draws qi into his body, leaving the temple priest stunned!)
Li Mou looks at his ever-growing cultivation and the motley crew behind him, old men, good-for-nothings, even a half-orc? Every one of them can summon lightning and draw talismans. Then he looks at the temple knights and mages who are questioning everything they know.
“Stop worshiping gods and come read the scriptures with me! I’ll teach you everything you need to know, get you cultivating immortality in no time, and... even refund your cultivation!”
